noun.
a medievalcleric who would sell pardons and indulgences
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noun.
a medieval cleric who raised money for the church by selling papal indulgences
noun.
a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense
Word Usage
"This meager use of the pardon power isn't only a shirking of an important presidential duty, as former Maryland governor and prolific pardoner Robert Ehrlich argued in a recent Baltimore Sun editorial; it also makes no sense."